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407 Mr. Raymond presented a W.P.A. moth project calling for the expenditure of 022,500. of Federal funds and $2600.00 of ' town funds. He said that the personnel of the crew they had last year was largely increased as they did not come near doing what they wanted to do last year. The whole project will have a total of 54 men and will give 366 man months' Moth of time. He wanted to get the project in early so that it Project. could be started as early in the fall as possible. The Chairman said he rode around with Mr. Garrity for two hours last Sunday looking over various areas and he said it was amazing to see the difference in the trees where work had been done and where none had been done. Mr. Rowse wondered if there was any chance of this W.P.A. project taking care of the matter so that the increase in the Moth Dept. appropriation would not have to be used. Mr. Raymond said that the condition was worse this year and they needed all the money they had. Mr. Rowse moved that the project be approved. Mr. Clark seconded the motion and it was so voted. Mr. Raymond said he called the members of the Board last week and asked authority to spend $900.00 for materials needed at the Center Playground for concrete pipe, 500 yards of rough loam and 100 yards of finished loam, in order to keep the men working to good advantage. How- ever, with the rainy days we had, he could have left the matter until tonight. The expenditure was approved by four ' members and opposed by one. Mr. Raymond said he found the expenses of the W.P.A. were running along more in line with the numbers they had on. He is writing up projects as fast as possible. He was going to ask the W.P.A. to furnish funds for other than labor costs on the sidewalk project. He felt quite certain that with this heavy quota, over thirty to thirty-five more men than estimated, that the W.P.A. money would run out the first of October. He thought the playground would take $400. or $500. more than he estimated. He thought it quite important to get the loam and seed in this fall. Mr. Clark said that it was his impression that the men were to be put on the Center Playground only until other projects were ready inasmuch as the government and town contributions were equal. He did not see that they were taking any men off this project. Mr. Raymond said that the men could not be taken off as the quota had been in- creased so much. Mr. Clark said that in view of the in- creased quota, he thought the men should be placed on projects where the ratio would be more favorable to the Town. He said he had been talking about a Vine Brook W.P.A. project for some time. The Chairman said that the Town had not been able to keep the projects ahead of the increased quota. Mr. Clark said he did notbelieve the Board was conserving its funds ' the way it should. He thought it would be cheaper for the town to have single men on welfare rather than on W.P.A. Mr. Raymond said that in that case, the Selectmen should